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MINNEAPOLIS (AP)\u2014The NFL has rejected a law firm\u2019s request for a conflict-of-interest waiver to represent a group of players seeking to join the antitrust fight against the league.<\/p>\n

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Thursday the league notified the firm of the denial. The firm later was identified as Barnes & Thornburg of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Aiello said it would be inappropriate to allow the firm to work with players in a claim against the NFL while one of its partners represents the league in music licensing for shows on NFL Network and NFL Films.<\/p>\n

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell leaves the federal courthouse in Minneapolis last week.
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\u201cWhile we do not know the specifics of the claims that would be asserted or the players who would be involved, we cannot consent to the firm\u2019s request to grant a waiver,\u201d Aiello said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Cafferty Faucher attorney Bryan Clobes has said his firm had \u201cdiscussions about representing some additional players who want to have a voice\u201d in the court fight. But Clobes said Thursday that the firm the NFL is referring to is not Cafferty Faucher, and stated that his firm has not represented the NFL in any matters.<\/p>\n

The Sports Business Journal reported that the group seeking a voice in labor negotiations includes about 70 players upset that collective bargaining talks broke off last month. Clobes told The AP the number is \u201cnowhere near 70\u201d and the discussions did not indicate dissatisfaction with the representation for the 10 players listed as plaintiffs on the lawsuit filed March 11.<\/p>\n

That was when the CBA expired and the union dissolved to pursue the antitrust suit. The league responded by ordering the lockout.<\/p>\n

The players asked U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson to immediately halt the lockout at a hearing April 6. Her ruling is expected soon.<\/p>\n

The NFL also argued Thursday in a court filing that players don\u2019t deserve millions of dollars in damages after a different federal judge ruled against the league in a wrangling over $4 billion in broadcast rights revenue.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled March 1 the NFL failed to maximize revenue for both sides to share when it negotiated the last round of TV contract extensions with the networks.<\/p>\n

The players requested revenue \u201cleft on the table\u201d in 2009 and 2010, but lawyers for the league wrote Thursday there\u2019s no evidence networks would\u2019ve paid more in those years to remove work-stoppage provisions that would bring the NFL money even if no games are played in 2011.<\/p>\n

The league argued that because a special master for Doty previously awarded $6.9 million in damages to the players, there\u2019s no legal basis for their request. The NFL wrote that lawyers for the players \u201cnever once claimed, argued for or briefed the issue of punitive damages\u201d until now and accused them of trying to \u201csecond guess\u201d special master Stephen Burbank with that strategy.<\/p>\n

The players requested the $4 billion \u201cwar chest\u201d be kept away from the owners so they couldn\u2019t use it to \u201ccontinue to fund\u201d the lockout against them. They also asked for at least three times the total amount of compensation awarded by the court.<\/p>\n

Doty will preside over a hearing May 12 to consider the damages request.<\/p>\n

The players used a written claim by finance expert David Schulte in their last filing March 31 to argue for the damages, but the NFL countered Thursday that Schulte\u2019s prior testimony in front of the special master contradicted the latest request.<\/p>\n

According to the court document, Schulte told Burbank he had no \u201cclue\u201d how to accurately assess an appropriate amount of monetary damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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